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No.26-A
 Side view of glider flying as a kite near the ground, Wilbur at left and Orville at right, glider turned forward to right and tipped downward.

Title: Side view of glider flying as a kite near the ground, Wilbur at left and Orville at right, glider turned forward to right and tipped downward.

 

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No.27-A
 Visitors and fellow campers in the Wrights' work shed at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Left to right: Octave Chanute, Orville Wright, and Edward C. Huffaker seated at left and Wilbur Wright standing.

Title: Visitors and fellow campers in the Wrights' work shed at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Left to right: Octave Chanute, Orville Wright, and Edward C. Huffaker seated at left and Wilbur Wright standing.

 

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No.28-A
 Side view of Wilbur Wright piloting a glider in level flight almost overhead, moving to left, showing bottom wing and elevator.

Title: Side view of Wilbur Wright piloting a glider in level flight almost overhead, moving to left, showing bottom wing and elevator.

 

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No.29-A
 Wilbur with visitors and fellow campers in front of the Wrights' work shed at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Left to right: Edward C. Huffaker and Octave Chanute seated, Wilbur Wright standing, and George Spratt sitting on ground.

Title: Wilbur with visitors and fellow campers in front of the Wrights' work shed at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Left to right: Edward C. Huffaker and Octave Chanute seated, Wilbur Wright standing, and George Spratt sitting on ground.

 

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No.30-A
 Dan Tate, at left, and Edward C. Huffaker, at right, launching the1901 glider with either Wilbur or Orville piloting.

Title: Dan Tate, at left, and Edward C. Huffaker, at right, launching the1901 glider with either Wilbur or Orville piloting.

 

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No.59-A
 Group including the Wright brothers

Title: Group including the Wright brothers

 

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No.60-A
 Group including the Wright brothers

Title: Group including the Wright brothers

 

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No.77-A
 Wilbur Wright on road near the Narrows

Title: Wilbur Wright on road near the Narrows

 

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No.90-A
 Orville Wright and group around a table, looking at photographs, during a party at 7 Hawthorn Street

Title: Orville Wright and group around a table, looking at photographs, during a party at 7 Hawthorn Street

 

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No.105-A
 Orville Wright before he grew a mustache, side view facing right, half length.

Title: Orville Wright before he grew a mustache, side view facing right, half length.

 

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No.106-A
 Wilbur Wright, age 30, seated facing right, half-length side view

Title: Wilbur Wright, age 30, seated facing right, half-length side view

 

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No.110-A
 Wilbur Wright working in the bicycle shop.

Title: Wilbur Wright working in the bicycle shop.

 

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No.111-A
 Orville Wright and Edwin H. Sines, neighbor and boyhood friend, filing frames in the back of the Wright bicycle shop.

Title: Orville Wright and Edwin H. Sines, neighbor and boyhood friend, filing frames in the back of the Wright bicycle shop.

 

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No.135-A
 Orville Wright, Major John F. Curry, and Colonel Charles Lindbergh, who came to pay Orville a personal call at Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio. June 22, 1927

Title: Orville Wright, Major John F. Curry, and Colonel Charles Lindbergh, who came to pay Orville a personal call at Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio. June 22, 1927

 

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No.138-A
 Group portrait in front of glider at Kill Devil Hill. Sitting: Horace Wright, Orville Wright, and Alexander Ogilvie; standing: Lorin Wright, and group of journalists, including Van Ness Harwood of the New York World, Berges of the American News Service, Arnold Kruckman of the New York American, Mitchell of the New York Herald, and John Mitchell of the Associated Press; Kitty Hawk, North Carolina

Title: Group portrait in front of glider at Kill Devil Hill. Sitting: Horace Wright, Orville Wright, and Alexander Ogilvie; standing: Lorin Wright, and group of journalists, including Van Ness Harwood of the New York World, Berges of the American News Service, Arnold Kruckman of the New York American, Mitchell of the New York Herald, and John Mitchell of the Associated Press; Kitty Hawk, North Carolina

 

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